Chapter 36 Close comrades and comrades - Deng Xiaoping and Kim Il Sung (3)

Deng Xiaoping invited Kim Il Sung to Sichuan, the Land of Abundance, to see the methane in the countryside.On the train, Deng Xiaoping said: "We have opened up a new way to focus on construction." From September 1 to 11, 1982, the Communist Party of China held its Twelfth National Congress.The theme of the Twelfth National Congress of the Communist Party of China is to create a new situation in socialist modernization in an all-round way.The conference had just concluded, and Kim Il Sung came to China for a visit.An important purpose of his visit this time is to understand and learn from the experience of China's socialist modernization drive.

On the morning of September 17, Deng Xiaoping went to the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse to visit Kim Il Sung.Kim Il Sung walked out of the hotel building to greet Deng Xiaoping, who had just been elected as the director of the Central Advisory Commission. During the talks, Kim Il Sung firstly congratulated the complete success of the Twelfth National Congress of the Communist Party of China.He said: "I read both your opening speech and Comrade Hu Yaobang's report, and they were very good. The Twelfth National Congress is a rally for unity and victory." Deng Xiaoping nodded with a smile. After briefly introducing the general situation of the Twelfth National Congress to Kim Il Sung, he said excitedly: "The Twelfth National Congress is to lead construction to victory."

During this visit, Deng Xiaoping suggested that Kim Il Sung go to Sichuan, the most populous city in China.Kim Il Sung readily agreed.Although he has been to China many times, he has never been to Sichuan. The next day, Deng Xiaoping and Kim Il-sung were sitting on the train to Sichuan, and the two old friends had a chat. Deng Xiaoping said: "After the Twelfth National Congress, the political situation in our country has become more stable, and we can better concentrate on construction. The goal proposed by the Twelfth National Congress is to quadruple in 20 years. The foundation is laid in the first ten years, and the speed is high in the next ten years. develop."

Deng Xiaoping told Kim Il Sung: "In 1978 we held the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, criticized the 'two whatevers', put forward the slogan 'emancipate the mind, use your brains', and advocated linking theory with practice, proceeding from reality, affirming Realized that practice is the only criterion for testing truth, and re-established the ideological line of seeking truth from facts. Therefore, new correct policies were proposed, first of all, the shift of the focus of work, and a corresponding set of policies for building socialism. He also said: "I have said everywhere in the three northeastern provinces that we must focus on construction. The country is so big and so poor. If we don't work hard to develop production, how will we live? Our people's lives are so difficult, how can we reflect the superiority of socialism?" The Gang of Four clamored for "poor socialism" and "poor communism" and nonsense that communism is mainly spiritual. Otherwise, how can socialism defeat capitalism? How can the economy develop if we don’t work hard on production? How can the superiority of socialism and communism be reflected?... Therefore, I emphasize that we must quickly and resolutely shift the focus of work to Economic construction. The Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee solved this problem, which is an important turning point. From the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee to the Twelfth National Congress, we have opened up a new way to focus on construction.”

When talking about the strategic focus of China's economic development, Deng Xiaoping said: "The first strategic focus is agriculture, the second is energy and transportation, and the third is education and science." Deng Xiaoping especially talked about the issue of education. Scientific work, this is the key. One of the big mistakes of the 'Cultural Revolution' was to delay the cultivation of talents for ten years, and now we must pay close attention to the development of education." On September 20, Deng Xiaoping accompanied Kim Il Sung to visit Chengdu. In July 1980, Deng Xiaoping visited Chengdu. At that time, the development, construction and utilization of rural biogas brought many new changes to the countryside and left a deep impression on Deng Xiaoping.Therefore, Deng Xiaoping wanted to take this opportunity to let his old friend Kim Il-sung also visit the Chinese countryside and the farmers' development and utilization of biogas, and a new atmosphere in life.

On the morning of September 21, when it was drizzling, Deng Xiaoping accompanied Kim Il-sung to the second production team of Gufeng Brigade, Baijia Commune, Shuangliu County, suburb of Chengdu.Deng Xiaoping said to Kim Il Sung: "Today, please take a look at the methane in the countryside." Hidden in a bamboo forest, the production team greeted hundreds of men, women and children at the entrance of the village, waving the national flags of China and North Korea and bouquets of flowers, shouting: "Welcome! Welcome! Welcome Chairman Kim Il Sung!" Kim Il Sung and Deng Xiaoping first came to Captain Cao Dechang's home.This is a small two-story building made of red bricks and cement, with 8 rooms in total and an area of ​​more than 200 square meters.The family of seven happily introduced the VIPs into the spacious kitchen.Kim Il Sung stood in front of the tiled pot, looked at the stoves and stoves that used biogas, and bent down to carefully check how the biogas pipes came in.

After the biogas lamp was lit, Kim Il Sung said: "This thing is very good!" Deng Xiaoping went on to say: "This thing is very simple, but it can solve a major problem in the countryside. In this province alone, more than 6 million tons of coal can be saved every year." Hearing this, Kim Il Sung turned around and called Xu Yunxi, the responsible secretary of the Pyongyang City Party Committee who was accompanying him, to take a closer look, and said, "This thing is indeed very simple." After leaving Cao Dechang's house, the staff were afraid that Deng Xiaoping and Kim Il Sung would be tired, so they asked them to sit for a while and take a rest.Deng Xiaoping smiled and waved his hands and said, "Don't sit down, don't sit down." Then he took Kim Il-sung's hand and said, "Let's go, let's look at the biogas tank."

They came to a biogas pond behind the building of member Zhou Daogen's house.When the staff opened the pool cover, Tan Qilong, the first secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, told Kim Il Sung: "There are human excrement, pig manure and grass in it, and methane will be produced after fermentation." Deng Xiaoping said: "Biogas can be used for cooking and power generation. One family builds a pool for cooking and lighting, and several companies connect to generate electricity. Biogas can also improve environmental sanitation and increase fertilizer efficiency."

Kim Il Sung said happily: "This is very good. We have the conditions in North Korea. We can also produce human dung, cow dung, and grass." He also asked about the cost of the biogas digester. In the warehouse downstairs of the home of tractor operator Jia Chonglin, Deng Xiaoping and Kim Il Sung looked at the piles of newly harvested rice with joyful smiles on their faces. When leaving, Kim Il Sung held the hand of Wang Zhishen, secretary of the Shuangliu County Party Committee, and said, "I have seen your wonderful treasures. Thank you for your experience. We must promote them in rural areas."

Wang Zhishen said excitedly: "We also want to learn from the good experience of the Korean people." At the grand welcome meeting held by the people of Chengdu that day, Kim Il-sung delivered an impassioned speech.In addition to expressing his deep gratitude to Deng Xiaoping for accompanying him to Chengdu for a visit despite his busy schedule, he also said: "We are glad to see that Sichuan Province, which is far away from the capital, has also correctly implemented the line of the Communist Party of China. and policies, everything has undergone new changes, and is being built into a place where people live happily. The socialist construction program put forward by the Communist Party of China today is a revolutionary line, which reflects the country's economic and technological backwardness in the past. It is an inevitable requirement that must be resolved in the process of communism. We believe that the Chinese Communist Party proceeds from China's reality to carry out socialist modernization construction, and according to China's actual situation, relying on the strength of the Chinese people to carry out all work is completely in line with the development of the revolution and in line with the law requirements and correct policies in the interests of the people."

Then, Deng Xiaoping said: "I am very happy to have the opportunity to participate in this conference with Chairman Kim Il Sung." In his speech, he highly praised Kim Il Sung as an outstanding representative of the Korean proletarian revolutionaries. In the great cause of opposing foreign aggression, striving for national liberation, defending the achievements of the revolution and building socialism, great victories and brilliant achievements have been achieved.He also affirmed that Kim Il Sung "adhered to independence, upheld justice, opposed external interference, was committed to developing friendly relations among peoples of all countries, and made important contributions to strengthening the unity of the third world and maintaining world peace and security." Deng Xiaoping said: "Chairman Kim Il Sung has a particularly close relationship with China. In the early years, he supported the Chinese revolution with his own revolutionary activities. After the founding of New China, he visited our country many times and met with Chairman Mao Zedong, Premier Zhou Enlai and us. Many other leaders of the party and the country have forged very precious friendships." Finally, he also pointed out: "The relationship between China and North Korea is unusual. It has a long tradition and is deeply rooted in the hearts of the two peoples." "We firmly believe that Chairman Kim Il Sung's visit this time will make new contributions to further strengthening and developing the relations between the two parties and the two countries." Because he was going to have talks with the visiting British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on the 24th (Deng Xiaoping informed him about the Sino-British negotiations on the Hong Kong issue when Kim Il Sung made another internal visit to China a year later, He expounded China's position and policy, and Kim Il Sung expressed his approval after listening to it). On September 22, Deng Xiaoping rushed back to Beijing in advance, and Hu Yaobang, the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, accompanied Kim Il Sung to continue his visit.On the way, when he listened to the report of the person in charge of the relevant parties on the construction of the Ertan Hydropower Station, he said: "The construction of the Ertan Hydropower Station has been discussed for a long time, and I agree. Not only the Ertan Hydropower Station, but also a number of projects to be launched. To modernize, there is no Large backbone projects cannot be done, and without backbone projects, no amount of small projects can handle it. These projects, including the transformation of Anshan Iron and Steel, require a long construction period, and should be started earlier. Don’t hesitate, once hesitated, a year It's been two years."